Lord Huron | Photo by Rocco Peditto | roccopeditto.com

Today’s Free At Noon concert featured folk rockers Lord Huron. The LA natives climbed on stage to a packed house downstairs at World Cafe Live. Frontman Ben Schneider remarked that they may be looking funny with just the four of them seated across the stage, explaining that their bus had broken down in New York earlier that day so they had grabbed what they could and made off for Philly. “We couldn’t miss World Cafe,” he said.

The set leaned on the acoustic side, though drummer Mark Barry was still able to contribute to the group’s sound with tambourines, bongos and maracas. They played brand new songs off of their latest, Strange Trails, and wrapped up the performance with their older favorite “Time To Run”. The group gave the crowd a final surprise by jumping back on stage for one more song, chuckling that today was filled with plenty of curve balls. The performance was tight, each member knowing their roles well. Between twanging guitar lines and spot-on vocal harmonies, the show was filled with that lively, youthful energy that Lord Huron’s music evokes, no drum kit necessary.

Miss today’s Free At Noon? Check out the photo gallery and listen back in our archives. Lord Huron are playing a sold out show tonight at Union Transfer and will return to Philadelphia for the XPoNential Music Festival in July. For more information, head over to the XPN Concert Calendar.

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Setlist:

Love Like Ghosts

Dead Man’s Hand

Meet Me in the Woods

I Will Be Back One Day

Fool for Love

The World Ender

The Night We Met

Time to Run